The Lying Valet (1741)

Author
David Garrick
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£30,958 18s 3d £8,344 19s 3d (27%) £22,613 19s (73%)
1732 - 1809
£30,958 18s 3d - (100%) £8,344 19s 3d (27%) £22,613 19s (73%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
292 87 205
1732 - 1809
292 87 205
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
23 Oct 1766 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Lying Valet, Masquerade Dance, Country Dance No No No £234 12s 6d 61% N/A
25 Oct 1766 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Lying Valet No No No £178 2s 6d 60% N/A
05 Feb 1767 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Lying Valet, The Vintage No Yes No £244 2s 56% N/A
19 May 1767 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The Lying Valet, Blind Mans Buff, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe Yes No Yes £250 8s N/A N/A
22 Dec 1770 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1771 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Lying Valet No No No £207 9s 58% N/A
30 Apr 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Lying Valet No No No £243 64% N/A
09 Jun 1772 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Lying Valet, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £261 4s 100% N/A
07 Dec 1772 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Lying Valet, The Butterfly No No No £251 10s 55% N/A
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